Example sentences of "was knocked out [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ANDRE AGASSI , the second seed , was knocked out of the Hong Kong Open in the first round yesterday by Haiti 's Ronald Agenor .
2 Eric Bristow was knocked out of the British Darts Open in London last night by Charlie Holdaway , a 28-year-old furniture assembler from Isleworth , Middlesex .
3 One contestant was knocked out of the ring and into the orchestra pit , landing in the mouth of the big bass horn and unable to extricate himself before the count of 10 .
4 But former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan was knocked out of the event with a blown engine on his Vauxhall Nova .
5 But the news was kept from Boris , 24 , before he was knocked out of the US Open championship , it said .
6 He 's obviously been in the river , so it does n't look as if he was knocked out on the beach .
7 Their rink was knocked out in the semi-final .
8 It was an unfortunate evening for me : I was knocked out in the second round , the only time I was knocked out , either at Eton or at Oxford .
9 JAMES COOK 'S defence of the European super-middleweight title lasted just 40 seconds as he was knocked out by the undefeated Franck Nicotra , of France , in Vitrolles last night .
10 Once more Daisy was knocked out by the fecundity of everything , the blackthorn purple with sloes , plump hazel nuts already shredded by squirrels , elderberries shiny as caviar hanging like shower fittings from their crimson stems .
11 ‘ Both countries are really poverty stricken but Ken was knocked out by the generosity of the Nepalese people .
12 The cherry and whites have a lot stronger team out this time and the good news is that Marcus Hannaford who fractured his jaw when he was knocked out against the Saracens is back at scrum half .
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